Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
PASTILLE
Etymology
Noun
pastille (plural pastilles)
A soft flavoured sweet/candy.
A medicinal pill, originally compressed herbs. A throat pastille is a large candy-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases oils to soothe a sore throat and sometimes vapors to help unblock the nose or sinuses.
A small granular half-spheroid piece of material.
A small cone of charcoal and aromatic substances, burned either as incense, or as a means of diffusing an agreeable odour.
A paper tube containing a firework that causes a small wheel to rotate in burning.
(art, obsolete) Alternative form of pastel
Synonyms
• (medicinal pill): lozenge
Anagrams
• palliest, stipella
Source: Wiktionary
Pas"til, Pas*tille", n. Etym: [F. pastille, L. pastillusa pastus food. See Pasture, and cf. Pastel.]
1. (Pharmacy)
Definition: A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, -- used for fumigating or scenting the air of a room.
2. An aromatic or medicated lozenge; a troche.
3. See Pastel, a crayon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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